Shylock's children : economics and Jewish identity in modern Europe / Derek J. Penslar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Penslar, Derek Jonathan.

Series:

S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.

The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Europe--Economic conditions.

Jews.

Jews--Europe--Public opinion.

Public opinion--Europe.

Public opinion.

Jews--Europe--Identity.

Europe--Economic conditions.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 374 p. )

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, [Calif.] ; London : University of California Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Throughout much of European history. Jews have been strongly associated with commerce and the money trade, rendered both visible and vulnerable, like Shakespeare's Shylock, by their economic distinctiveness. The author tells the story of Jewish perceptions of this economic difference and its effects on modern Jewish identity and explains how Jews in modern Europe developed the notion of a distinct 'Jewish economic man', an image that grew ever more complex and nuanced between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Jews, Paupers, and Other Savages: The Economic Image of the Jew in Western Europe, 1648-1848

2. The Origins of Jewish Political Economy, 1648-1848

3. The Origins of Modern Jewish Philanthropy, 1789-1860

4. Homo economicus judaicus and the Spirit of Capitalism, 1848-1914

5. Solving the "Jewish Problem": Jewish Social Policy, 1860-1933

6. From Social Policy to Social Engineering, 1870-1933

EPILOGUE

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographic references (p. 329-358) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-520-92584-X

OCLC:

809166854